So much for the learning experience that goes with practicing with the NHL squad and watching the Bruins play from the press box.

The Bruins today assigned first-year pro Jordan Caron to the Providence (AHL) farm club for the first time this season. Caron and head coach Claude Julien today both spoke about the positives of staying in the NHL, but obviously the front office had other ideas.

WILMINGTON, Mass. — Veteran players might be better equipped to handle being a consistent healthy scratch than rookies, but first-year pro Jordan Caron is doing and saying the right things right now for the Bruins.

BOSTON — Pretty soon we might have to change the Bruins rookie winger’s name from Jordan Caron to Jordan Julien. There’s no doubt that if he could, Bruins head coach Claude Julien would adopt this kid.

BOSTON – There’s been so much focus on Jordan Caron’s ability to play a third-line energy role with last winter’s Canadian World Junior team – and potentially with this season’s Bruins squad – that it’s easy to forget he’s a guy who produced 53 points in 43 games last season in the QMJHL.